As a leader, investing time in proactive 1:1 coaching conversations with your team members is one of the smartest moves you can make. These conversations not only strengthen relationships but also help achieve better business results.
Greg stood in front of his department after finishing a presentation on the new redundancyand restructure program that would be introduced in the coming months in a bid to reducethe workforce by 20 percent. “Any questions?” he asked, looking around the sea of 60+ faces. No one put their hand up. No one answered. “None […]
There are three common responses I see from leaders when leading through change. They are: Steamroller, shirker and steerer. The steamroller tries to force change with a command and control ‘tell’ approach without addressing the legitimate concerns, questions and feelings of their people. The shirker avoids leadership by sticking their head in the sand and […]
Pre-COVID, I once had a leader who works in a hospital tell me they weren’t investing in the ‘soft skills’ development of staff because their focus was on medical competency training. This article, published in The Guardian yesterday by journalist Amanda Gearing, PhD, highlights why this attitude is not only dangerous but deadly. Research shows […]
